FAQs About Heating Oil, Diesel Delivery


  • It’s safer. While natural gas explosions pose a huge risk to those around, fuel oil will not ignite until it has been preheated to 140 degrees

  • Oil burns 400 degrees hotter than natural gas, resulting in a home or business that heats up faster

  • Oil heat has a higher burn temperature, providing a more even temperature throughout all rooms

  • Home heating oil burns so cleanly that the EPA doesn’t even regulate its emissions

  • The average oil furnace lasts 30 years or more

  • A hot water heater fired with oil will heat up twice as fast as one with natural gas

  • Central air conditioning can easily be added to forced air oil furnaces

  • New oil furnaces, burners, water heaters, stoves, etc feature cutting edge technology that can have efficiency ratings that exceed 90%


  • Set thermostats as low as comfortable in the winter and as high as comfortable in the summer

  • Clean/replace filters on furnaces once a month or as necessary

  • Select energy efficient products when installing new heating/cooling systems


For more tips, give one of our experts a call at 413-734-3578.

Regular home heating maintenance on your heating system allows an expert to keep an eye and reduce the need for major home heating system repairs in the future. Your heater works hard and if mechanical issues aren’t fixed as soon as possible this could lead to more costly heating furnace repairs in the future.

The service we provide! Frasco Fuel Oil makes professional heating maintenance services and customer satisfaction a top priority. Our experts provide friendly customer service and take the time to provide you with any needed information regarding your heating and furnace system.

No, minimum delivery of home oil and heating fuel per area is only required.

No, home oil delivery can be done without you needing to be at your residence, unless you need your heating system restarted.

Yes, we offer automatic home heating oil delivery and an easy way to order and buy heating fuel online.

Yes, please keep the area fully accessible for the fuel and oil delivery drivers. Please have a path shoveled in the winter, bushes trimmed spring through fall to ensure delivery is made.

Payment is expected within 5-7 days of delivery. We strive to offer affordable heating oil prices in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

The best time to order or buy heating oil is when the gauge reads 1/2 a tank. (This is eespecially true in the winter months.) We offer an easy way to purchase and order heating oil online.

Yes, register your account in our customer portal to track history, check balances and pay online.

Yes, we offer coupons towards your purchase of 100, 125, 150, or 200 gallons of heating oil. Click here for coupons.